| The
History of EJS In
the Fall of 2000, several individuals from the progressive legal community began
meeting to discuss their mounting concerns about the rightward tilt of the courts
and of legal doctrine in such fields as civil rights, environmental protection,
voting rights, criminal law, immigration law, and federalism. Like many progressives
around the country, we were tired of despairing separately about the rollback
of decades of achievements in case precedent, social justice lawyering, and organizing. Drawing
upon the strength of existing progressive legal organizations and forging new
alliances with think tanks and research institutes, the EJS core group concluded
that the time is ripe for a new coalition of practitioners, academics, think tanks
and students to develop and implement innovative legal theories and strategies. Our
Guiding Principles
We believe that the regressive right-wing
bias of our federal judicial system is a threat to constitutional democracy, due
process, and equality. We believe in a representative, impartial, and independent
judiciary. We believe in the role of courts to provide full access to the legal
system and to promote equal justice for all. Guided
by these principles, the Equal Justice Society aims to unify and organize those
who are interested in generating, developing, and supporting innovative legal
theories and strategies to eliminate the conservative bias of our legal system.
Specifically, the Equal Justice Society seeks to: - develop
and disseminate new legal theories to help ensure fairness and democracy;
- sponsor
forums, presentations and debates on the legal issues of our day;
- mentor
progressive advocates to go forth and fight for social justice; and
- forge
concrete connections between law students and those who are out on the front lines
practicing law, working for justice, developing jurisprudence, and serving on
the bench.
| Staff Eva
Paterson
President and Ex-Officio Member, Board of Directors David
Salniker
Dir. of Administration and Finance Kimberly
Thomas Rapp
Director of Law and Public Policy Miguel
Gavaldon
Director of Development
Robin
Brandes
Graphic Design Elaine
Elinson
Media Relations Sara
K. Jackson
Constance Baker Motley Fellow
Ginger
Johnson
Administrative Assistant Keith
Kamisugi
Director of Communications Swati
Kapadia
Executive Assistant Roberto
Vargas
Organizational Development Advisory
Board Margalynne
Armstrong
Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law Demetrius
Chapin-Rienzo
Law Student, Boalt Hall School of Law Erwin
Chemerinsky
Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Professor of Political
Science, Duke Law Gill
Deford
Staff Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy Joan
Graff
Executive Director, Employment Law Center Diane
Gross
Counsel, Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski Victor
Hwang
Managing Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach Oren
Sellstrom
Staff Attorney, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
of the San Francisco Bay Area Norman
Spaulding
Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law Cheryl
Stevens
Partner, Grillo & Stevens James
Wheaton
President, Environmental Law Foundation
Executive Director,
First Amendment Project Stephanie
Wildman
Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Director, Center for Social Justice and Public Service |
Board of Directors John
Bonifaz
Founder, National Voting Rights Institute James
J. Brosnahan
Senior
Partner, Morrison & Foerster Kate
Kendell
Executive Director
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Charles
Ogletree
EJS Board Chair Emeritus
Professor of Law
Harvard
Law School Eva
Paterson
President and Ex-Officio Member, Board of Directors Margaret
M. Russell
Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Anthony
Solana, Jr.
EJS
Board Chair
President and Chairperson,
For People of Color, Inc.
Tobias
Wolff
Professor of Law, University of California at Davis; Visiting
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Eric
Yamamoto
Professor of Law
University of Hawai`i School of Law Supporters
(partial list) Carol
Chomsky
Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School Angela
Harris
Professor of Law, University of California, Boalt Hall School of
Law Lynne
Henderson
Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S.
Boyd School of Law Pamela
Karlan
Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Charles
Lawrence
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Shauna
Marshall
Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of
the Law Mari
Matsuda
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Dale
Minami
Partner, Minami, Lew & Tamaki Margaret
Montoya
Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law David
Oppenheimer
Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law Isabelle
Katz
Pinzler NOW Legal Defense Fund Leslie
Proll
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Margaret
Russell
Visiting Professor of Law, Hastings Law School Marjorie
Shultz
Professor of Law, University of California, Boalt Hall School of
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